Seminole seeks volunteers for one-stop event for homeless kids

By Leslie Postal

The Seminole school district is looking for volunteers --- 200 still needed! -- to help with its annual, free, one-stop event for homeless students and their families. The goal of the Nov. 16 event is to offer services (haircuts and flu shots), donations (books and clothes) and advice (how to sign up for food stamps) to families facing turbulent times.

The hope is that students "can be educationally successful despite their housing crisis."

The "Day of Magical Connections" event is to be held at Winter Springs High from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The district says it could use 300 volunteers, and more than 100 people have signed up so far.

The 8th-annual event is sponsored by the district's Families in Transition program and more than 50 organizations will be offering services and donations, from legal advice to toiletries to scholarships for sports organizations.